Free Lens Hoods

Printable PDF documents to make your own lens hoods

New! Check out our sister site at
www.lenshoods.net
for lens hoods optimized for digital SLRs with 1.5x and 1.6x
crop sensors.

This site contains PDF documents that can be printed and cut out to make
lens hoods for a variety of 35mm and digital SLR camera lenses. Lens hoods
give better quality photographs by reducing flare caused by nonimageforming light.

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PDF lens hoods are currently available for lenses from manufacturers listed
on the right. Other manufacturers will follow shortly. Please contact us
if you would like to request any additions.

Why use a printable lens hood?

Printable lens hoods offer a number of advantages over their costly counterparts:

Ultra compact - can be carried unfolded.

No waiting to order one - simply download, print, cut-out and attach.

Redundancy - don't worry if you lose one; just print another!

100% recyclable.

Can be modified to cater for different digital SLR sensor crop factors.

Available in both 'rounded' and 'petal' versions.

And best of all...

They're absolutely free!

Why not just buy a real lens hood?

A brand new replacement lens hood for the Canon EF 600mm f/4 L USM IS costs
a whopping £439.99. Alternatively, you can download it from this site for free!
Granted, the genuine item is likely to be a bit sturdier, but that's still
£439.99 you're saving!

Even modest lens hoods are pretty expensive. For example, a replacement
lens hood for the Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L will set you back £45.99. Even
the most basic lens such as the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II will cost you £17.99
if you want to add a lens hood. While these hoods are arguably of top
quality compared with those available from this site, they all serve
the same purpose at the end of the day. Check out our user feedback to see
what people think about our lens hoods.